Combination-garment.



' PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907.

J. W. P. BUNNING. COMBINATION GARMENT.

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JOHN W. P. BUNNING, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMB INATION-GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

Application filed May 28,1906. Serial No. 319.018.

T 0 all whom "it concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. P. BUNNING, a citizen. of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination- Garments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact disclosure.

My invention relates to combination garments in which two or more usually separate pieces of wearing apparel are combined into a single garment, and my invention especially relates to a garment having a waist or body portion, a skirt portion and a drawers 0r pants portion, all combined. into a single article of wearin apparel.

Among the objects of my invention are the following :To make a combination or union garment which can be stepped. into rather than slipped over the head of the wearer, to enable the same to be readily and easily put on or taken off without disarranging the hair, to avoidthe bunching ofthe several parts of the garment at thewaist of the wearer, to give a smooth fit and appearance; to facilitate and save expense in the making, washing and laundering of the same; to arrange and secure the parts of my combined garment together in such a manner as will permit the free movement of the legs of the wearer without altering or changing the general appearance or hang of the skirt and to prevent the skirt from creeping up the back.

Further objects of myinvention arc to make a combined garment either out of one integral piece of fabric or of two or more separate pieces stitched together at the desired points, and to make a garment which, with slight changes, can be made either to closely fit the body, to retain all the bodily heat from head to foot, or can be made loose and comfortable for hot weather, and at the same time completely cover the body of the wearer.

Further objects of my invention will appearin the specification and drawings forming a part of this specification, in which corresponding parts are denominated by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, Figures 1 to 4 inclusive illustrate a garment made in accordance with my invention, from one' integral piece of suitable fabric. Fig. 1 shows the way in which the fabric is cut and the lines on which the same is folded to form the combined garment; Figs. 2 and 3 show the fabric illustrated in Fig. 1 as folded into the desired shape to form the garment, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the complete garment at a short distance below the waist line of the same; Figs. 5, 6 and 7 show another modified form of my improved combined garment, in which the same is made of four pieces of fabric, suitably cut and stitched together, Fig. 5 showing such garment with the various parts properly secured together, Fig. 6 showing how the same is turned in order to be worn and Fig. 7 being a sectional view on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is a further modified form of my invention in'which the garment is made out of but two pieces of fabric; Fig. 9 is a sectional view on the line 99 of Fig. 8; Figs. 10 and 11 show a childs garin cut made in accordance with my invention; Figs. 12 and 13 show how pajamas are made embodying my invention, and Figs. 14 and 15 show a childs garment, provided with means for attaching a separate or outside skirt to the same.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, at the ends of two diameters 12 and 34, at right angles to each other and intersecting at the center 5, a circular piece of cloth A is cut inwardly for a short distance as to the points (5, 7, S, 9. In Fig. 1, the fabric is shown as folded back. on either side of these cuts, and the outer corners of the fabric as out are indieatedbyl(),-1],12,13,14,15,16,17. .18 19 and 20-21 are two other diameters at right angles to each other and bisecting the angles formed by the diameters 1-2 and 3- 4. The cloth is cut on the diameter 1819 from the point 5 to the point 22 to form the opening in the front I) inthe body or waist portion B, and on the diameter 2021 from the points 23-24 to the center 5 to form the top edges of the waist or body portion and the inside of the drawers legs. The points 25, 26, 27 and 28 are laid out substantially equi distant from the center 5 and from points'on the waist line of the garment to be formed. The cloth is then cut from the points 25 and 26 to the points 27 and '28 respectively about the point 5 as a center, and the intersection of these curved cuts with the out between the points 23 and 2-1 forms angles or corners in the fabric, which are desig of the front of the waistband nated by 29, so, 31', 32, 33, 34., 35 and 36. Between the points 25 and 30; 26 and 34; 27 and 31 and 28 and 35 another cut is made, curved inwardly, as at 37, 38, 39 and 40, to give the proper shape to the waist portion of the garment. When the fabric has been out ,1n the manner above indicated, the portion bounded by the points 27, 39, 31, 35, 40 and 28 will form the front I) of the waist portion and the portion bounded by the points 30, 37, 25, 26, 38 and'34 will forni the back c of the -waist portion; the part "bounded by the manner in which these varlous parts are folded is plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2; that isto say, the middle of each drawers leg portion is folded downwardly on the diameter 20--21 and the edges 625 and 927 are brought together on one side and the edges 726 and 8-28 are brought together on the opposite side of the diameter 1819. The portions 1), care folded together, bringing the points 25 and 26 adjacent the points 27 and 28. After having been folded in the manner above indicated, the edges 27, 9, 15 and 25, 6, 10 are sewed together to form the outside seam of the skirt on one side, and the edges 28, 8, 14 and 26, 7,

sewed together on the opposite side. This seam also forms a part of the outside seam of each drawers legathe bottom of each leg being formed by sewing together the edges 9- 16 and 617 on one side and the edges 813 and 7 12 on the opposite side. The 'adjoining edges of the back and front portions of the waist are also stitched together on opposite sides; that is to say, by joining the edge 3139-27 to the edge 3()3725 and the edges 35-40-28 to the edge 34 38-26. The points 32 and 36 at the top of each log are adjacent each other, and form the middle of the drawers, and the points 2933 are also adjacent on the back and form the middle of the back of the waistband of the drawers. These points may be connected to each other in any suitable manner, as by a button, hook or string. The garment formed and scwed in the manner thus set forth then combines three pieces of clothing a waist portion or corset cover B, a skirt portion G and a drawers or pants portion D, the legs of thedrawers being attached to the skirt along the outside of the am of the leg 9 from the point 26 -18 to the point 7-8. The inner edges 29---23--32 ol' the drawers legf may be stitched to the opposite edge 33--24-36 of the leg or the 11 are similarly leglffrom the point 25-27 to the point 6 9 two edges may be left open, as desired. Shoulder straps it-7r may be secured to the top of the body portion ofthe corset cover, as plainly shown in Fig. 3, and the edges of the garment may be ornamented with'laee or ribbons, in any suitable manner.

While I have described the garment as being folded and cut on diameters at right angles to each other, it is of course understood that the angles which these diameters make with each other may vary as required. For instance, the front and the back of the waist and skirt may require more than one half of the material in the circular piece of cloth A, and this could be provided for by laying out the diameters 12 and 34 so that less material would be used for each of the leg or drawers or pants portion, and more would be allowed for the skirt and waist.

The-garment as above described is provided with additional shoulder straps or suspenders M, the lower ends of which are attached by buttons 45 to the waistband at the front and back of the drawers to support the same, and the lower ends of the suspenders may be provided with stocking supporters N on both the front and the back thereof, as desired.-

Referring now to the modification shown in Figs. 5 to 7 inclusive, 1 form the front of the corset cover and skirt all of one iece of material, as indicated by E and the aek of the corset cover and skirt by a similar iece F. The front and theback may be 0 the same size and shape or the back may be narrower than the front, dependin upon the figure of the wearer. The opposite edges of these two pieces E and F are stitched together at the edges 35288 14 and 3127-915 as well as across the top of the shoulderstraps h-k, as shown at 41 and 42. To the outside of the body portion and just below the waist line, the drawers legsj, g are secured to the side of the skirt by sewing, as indicated at 2S-8 and 279. Each drawers leg is made of a single. piece of cloth folded on the lines 2S-8-13 and 27-916 respectively, and the/opposite sides of each leg are stitched together to form seams 2320 and 242] on the inside lower end of each leg. After these parts have been assembled as shown in Fig. 5, the garment is turned inside out, so that the legs are inside of the skirt portion. The top of each drawers leg is provided with a waistband m and they are held around the waist ofthe wearer by any suitable means, as by strings, buttons or hooks. 'lhe garment in theposition in which same is worn is shown in Fig. 6. The adjacent edges 29-22 32 and 33* 2436 of the inside of each drawers leg may be left open as indicated in the drawings, or they may be sewed together or bnttoiwd, as may be desired. in Fig. 7 the pieces of other side.

1 material used and the way in which the front and back of the skirt are joined to each other and to the drawers legs is shown on an enlarged scale.

5 1n the modification shown in Fig. 8, the

, front of the corset cover B and skirt C and one side of each drawers leg f, g are made of one piece of cloth G, and the back of the same parts of the garment are made from another entire piece H. In this instance,

' the major portion of the shoulder straps may be integral with the back portion H and are brought forward over the shoulders, and buttoned or hooked in the front, shown at To form the garment, then, it is merely necessary to stitch together the outer edges of the waist portion from the points 35-31 to the points 2827 respectively,

and to continue the stitching through the point 8 to the point 14 on the one side and 30 legs would be preferably united for the whole or a part of the length thereof by stitching ;or by buttons to form pants. The waist is further provided with suspenders M, which may be secured to the waist at the shoulders by stitching, as shown at 4444, and the ,lower ends may be buttoned to the waistband as at 45. Also buttoned to the waistband are garters N of any suitable description.

The pajamas shown in Fig. 12 are also imade in accordance with the invention previously described. The pants are secured at zheir outer seams from the waist portion of ihe jacket to the bottom of the skirt of the 45 same as at 27-9 and 288, and the top of the pants is provided with a suitable waist- )and m, by which the same are secured to )he body of the wearer. The inner edges of the legs may either be united by stitching or by a series of buttons 46 extending from the port the pants of the pajamas at the back as well as at the sides or hips and to prevent the coat from crawling up the back, I may provide a loop r at the middle of the back on a line with the waistband .of the pants or [W drawers. Through this loop I pass the strings at the waistband of the pants and then tie the same together-as plainly shown in Fig. 12.

Figs. 14 and 15 show a combined garment suitable for children, in which the waist or body portion is provided with an additional band a, to which an outer skirt 0 may be attached. This feature of the invention is, of

course, applicable to the other forms or modifications previously described, that is to say the combined corset cover, skirt and drawers illustrated in Figs. 1 to 9 might be provided with a waistband to which an under skirt might be attached. The combined or union garment as above described can be readily adapted to many purposes, in view of the manifest advantages of the same. It may be made of suitable materials for bath robes, bathing suits, lounging robes and winter underclothing, or of light cotton or silk, in which instance the wearer would be completely clothed in the fewest possible pieces.

, The shape of the drawers or pants portion is capable of great variation without departing from the spiritof my invention, since they maybe madefull or tight fitting, open or closed or partly open or partly closed, accord ing to the use to which the garment is to be iut.

While I have described a number of various modifications of myinvention, I do not desire to be limited to any one or all of the forms disclosed, since by my invention many different garments may be made which would embody the same, and all are fully within the scope of my invention so long as they fall within the terms of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A combinedskirt and drawers formed integrally from a single piece of fabric.

2. A combined garment formed integrally from a single piece of fabric. comprising a waist portion, a skirt portion and leg portions, the sides of each leg being permanently attached to the side of said skirt below the waist line.

3. A combined'garment formed integrally from a single piece of fabric comprising a skirt portion and leg portions, the outside of each leg being attached to the skirt for a part of its length, and means at the top of each leg for securing the same to the waist of the wearer.

4. A combined garment comprising a skirt portion and leg portions, the outside of each leg being attached-to the skirt for a part of its length, and a waistband separate from the skirt permanently attached to the top of. the

leg portions and means separate fron said waistband to support said skirt. I

5. A combined garment formed integrally from a single piece of fabric comprising ,a waist, a skirt and legs'stitched to the side of the skirt by a single seam.

6. A combined garment comprising a skirt and legs, the outside of the legs being secured to the'inside of the skirt by a single seam, the top of said legs being provided with a waistband independent of the skirt and means to support said skirt independently of said waistband.

7. A combined arment comprising a waist, a skirt and drawers, the'waist and skirt being made continubus, and the drawers being attached for a considerable part of their length to the sides of the skirt, a waistband to support said drawers and means to support said -skirt independently of said waistband.

8. A combined arment comprising a skirt and separated awers legs, the outside of each l e being secured for a considerable part of its ength on the outside seam thereof to the inside of the skirt, and means at the top of the drawers legsfor securing the same to the waist of the wearer and means to support said skirt independent of said leg supporting means. r

9. A combined garment, comprising waist, skirt and leg portions, permanently attached together, the inner upper edges of the leg POT? tions being unitedat the top of the front and back and attached to said skirt lengthwise the leg and along the outer seam thereof, said legs being provided with a waistband and means independent of said waistband for supporting said skirt v 10. A combined skirt, Waist and drawers made from a single integral piece of fabric.

11. A combination garment made out of a single integral piece of fabriccomprising a skirt, a walst and legs, the legs being formed by folds in the side of theskirt.

12. A combination garment comprising a circular skirt, and legs secured to the sides of the skirt le thwise of said leg and along the outer seam iiereofi, each leg being formed by a fold in the side of the skirt, said legs being provided with a waistband and means for supporting said skirt independently of said waistban r 13. A. combined garment comprising a waist, skirt and leg portions, the back of the waist being provided with shoulder straps fastened to the front of said waist, the legs being united to the skirt for a considerable part of the length of said legs and along the outer seam thereof. e

14. A combined garment comprising waist, skirt and legs, the outside of eac-i leg being stitched to the side of the skirt, means for securing thr legs to the waist of the wearer and suspenders attached to the inside of the waist. v

15. A combined garment comprising waist, skirt and leg portions permanently secured together, the said legs being provided at the top with a waistband and suspenders attached to the inside of said waist, and attached to said waistband.

16. A combined garment comprising waist, skirt and leg portions, permanently secured together, the said legs bei provided at the top with a waistband ant suspenders at tached to the inside of said waist, and attached to thefront and back of said Waistband.

17. A combined garment comprising waist, skirt and leg portions permanentl secured together, the said legs bein provi ed at the wise thereof being attached to the inside of the skirt by a single seam, and the inside top edges of the legs having means for attaching the same together, a waistband for supportingsaid legs and means for supporting said skirt independently of said waistband.

20. A combined garment comprising a waist, skirt and drawers, the outside of the le s lengthwise thereof being secured to the si e of the skirt and each leg formed by a fold in the side of the skirt, a Waistband for supporting said legs and means independent of said waistband for supporting said skirt.

21. A combined skirt, waist and drawers, formed from a circular piece of fabric, the said piece having central. incisions to form the waist.

22. A combined skirt, Waist and drawers, formed from a single piece of fabric, the said piece having central incisions to form the waist and substantially radial folds to form the drawers.

23. A combined skirt, Waist and drawers formed from a single piece of fabric, said fabric having opposite central curved incisions, a transverse incision between said curved incision for forming the two sides of the waist, and substantially radial folds to form the drawers.

24. A combined garment made of a single integral piece of fabric, comprising a skirt, a waist and legs, each leg being formed by a fold in the skirt, said legs being part way de tachcd at. top and bottom from the skirt.

25. A combined garment comprising a waist, a skirt and drawers, the waist and skirt being made continuous, and the drawers being attached at the outside of the leg portions to the skirt, with a vent at the bottom to facilitate better ad ustment.

26. A-combmed garment comprising waist,

skirt and leg portions formed from .a single integral piece of material, the inner, upper,

manent aistband with means to which can be secured another skirt. 10 In Witness whereof, I have hereunto 'set my'hand this 26th day of May, A. D. 1906.

adjacent edges of the leg portions being vented to form closed pants or drawers.

27. A combination garment comprising a I JOHN WV. P. BUNNING. circular skirt and legs secured to the sides of Witnesses: the skirt, each leg being formed by a fold in ALsToN B. MOULTON.

the side of the skirt, said skirt having a peri ALEXANDER PARK. 

